Pharmacy patron perspectives of community pharmacist administered influenza vaccinations

Background

One approach to boost influenza vaccination coverage has been to expand immunization authority. In 2012, the province of Ontario gave community pharmacists the authority to administer the influenza vaccine.

Sleep time and sleep-related symptoms across two generations – results of the community-based RHINE and RHINESSA studies

Study objectivesTo analyze the association between sleep-related symptoms and sleep length in parents and their children in relation to other risk factors in both generations.MethodThe participants were parents (n = 5,855, age 54.3 ± 6.5 years, 45.2% men) who participated in the community-based Respiratory Health in Northern Europe (RHINE) study and one random member of their adult offspring (n = 5,855, age 30.2 ± 7.7 years, 41.5% men) who participated in the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) study. Both generations responded to identical questionnaires on sleep symptoms, including difficulty initiating sleep (DIS), difficulty maintaining sleep (DMS), early morning awakening (EMA), snoring, nocturnal sweating, nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER), sleep time and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Insomnia was defined as either, or both, DIS and DMS in combination with EDS.ResultsAll sleep variables except nocturnal sweating were more common in offspring whose parents had reported the same symptom. After adjusting for age, gender, BMI, smoking, physical activity, education, center and parents' total number of children, there were independent associations between sleep symptoms in parents and offspring for DIS (adj. OR, 95% CI: 1.52, 1.20–1.93), DMS (1.34, 1.15–1.56), snoring (1.45, 1.15,1.83), nGER (1.65, 1.15–2.37), insomnia (1.39, 1.13–1.73), short sleep time (<6 h/night) (2.51, 1.72–3.68) and EDS (1.48, 1.26,1.72). There were no independent relationships between symptoms in parents and offspring for EMA, nocturnal sweating or long sleep time (>9 h/night).ConclusionThe familiar aggregation of many sleep disturbances was not explained by investigated lifestyle and environmental factors. This supports a heritable factor in sleep problems.     

Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Version of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey in Asthma Patients

Background. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) questionnaire was planned to answer questions about the distribution of asthma. Our objective was to determine the cultural equivalence of the ECRHS into the Brazilian-Portuguese language. Methods. We translated the ECRHS according to international criteria. Results. Small cultural adaptations were necessary. Among the 80 participating patients, the Cronbach indices were higher (0.98-1.00) and the Kappa indices varied from 0.77 to 1.00. Conclusion. The study suggests that the Brazilian version of the ECRHS is conceptually equivalent to the original and similarly reliable and may be used in international studies involving Portuguese-speaking respiratory patients.     

Ill-health as a household norm: Evidence from other people's health problems

This paper proposes that an individual's self-assessed health (SAH) does not only suffer from systematic reporting bias and adaptation bias but is also biased owing to confounding health norm effects. Using 13 waves of the British Household Panel Survey covering the period 1991–2005, I show that, while there is a negative and statistically significant correlation between SAH and individuals' own health problem index, this negative effect reduces with the average number of health problems per (other) family member. The relative health bias is small, however, which implies that measures of SAH may not suffer seriously from systematic health norm bias. This is an important finding for researchers working with SAH data as it indicates that we do not have to worry too much about controlling for confounding influences from the health of other household members when estimating SAH regression equations.     

大学新生心理健康状况的调查研究

目的　了解大学新生的心理健康状况 ,探讨提高其心理健康水平的措施。方法　采用大学生人格问卷(UPI) ,以班级为单位 ,在新生正式上课两周以后进行测试。结果　学生一类筛选率 9.2 4 %。UPI关键题选择中 ,以常常失眠占的比例最高 ,想轻生的比例最低 (P <0 .0 5 )。UPI附加题选择中 ,以自身健康方面有问题及有健康或心理卫生方面想要咨询的问题较多 (P <0 .0 5 )。选择“想轻生”的男生的比例略高于女生 ,选择“常常失眠”的女生的比例却明显高于男生 (P <0 .0 5 ) ;选择“常常失眠”、“对任何事情都不感兴趣”和“感觉自己的过去及家庭不幸”的农村学生的比例都高于城市学生 (P <0 .0 5 )。选择“想轻生”和“对任何事情都不感兴趣”的独生子女的比例明显高于非独生子女 ,而选择“自己的过去和家庭是不行的”和“常常失眠”的非独生子女的比例又明显高于独生子女 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论　单亲家庭学生、残疾学生、家庭经济困难学生、独生子女学生是心理问题高危人群     

武汉西马街社区成人健康相关危险因素调查

目的 探讨当地成人健康相关危险因素构成，尝试低费用下开展此类监测的方法。方法 依托教育系统对武汉市江岸区西马街地区成人进行随机抽样入户问卷调查。结果 人群吸烟率32．4％，男性吸烟率60．6％，中年人高于老年人，女性吸烟率5．9％；92．5％的人不愿意自己的孩子在将来成为烟民；人群饮洒率为26．5％，其中男性饮洒率51％，23．5％的饮酒者存在违意饮酒情节；33．3％的成人有体育锻炼习惯，其比例随文化程度的升高而升高；19％的人每周户外活动时间达不到1天1小时；35．6％的人存在体重过重问题，分解19．2％为超重，14．7％为肥胖，1．7％为Ⅱ度肥胖。人群自述（非现场测量）高血压患病率为11．1％，自述糖尿病患病率为2．8％，但自觉有糖尿病典型症状而从未检测血糖的比例达16％。结论 落实社区人群基础医学检查任务迫切，依托教育系统进行的成人健康相关危险因素监测方法足当前经济适用的监测方法。     

珠海城区初中生家庭亲密度与适应性的调查研究

目的:了解初中学生家庭亲密度及适应性的家庭功能及其相关因素,为家庭咨询或治疗提供客观依据。方法:采用整群、分 层、随机抽样方法,抽取珠海市4间中学的初一至初三学生714名,男362名,女352名,采用家庭亲密度和适应性量表中版(FACESⅡ-CV) 分别对初中学生及其父母进行调查,对家庭各成员自评结果进行比较,对有关影响因素进行分析。结果:学生与父母三者之间的亲密度及适 应性得分呈正相关(P<0.001),父母各自对家庭实际亲密度及适应性的评价基本一致,学生家庭实际亲密度及实际适应性评分比父母的低, 而理想适应性及不满程度得分比父母的高,差异有显著性(P<0.001)。三者的家庭“拱极模式”分布没有明显差异。家庭亲密度及适应性与 父母文化程度、家庭结构、家庭人数等因素有关。结论:影响初中生家庭亲密度及适应性因素是多方面的,学生与父母对家庭的不同感受对家 庭类型分布没有影响。     

甲肝疾病的调查分析及预防措施

近年来，随着社会的发展、科学的进步，社会人口流动量增大，城市人口相对集中，以及文化、生活习惯的差异，使得传染性疾病呈现上升趋势。为了有效控制传染疾病的发生、发展，为预防控制工作提供一些科学依据，现在对我院3年来的相关病例进行了总结、分析如下。